Intensive English

The academic program is carefully designed to help you achieve your language learning goals.

Placement test to accurately determine your starting level

Thirteen four-week sessions per year

The equivalent of one hundred 50-minute lessons per session

Unique, optional sixth hour daily at no extra cost

Nine levels of instruction

Classes meet Monday through Friday. The equivalent of twenty-five 50-minute lessons are offered each week. Classes include listening, speaking, grammar, reading, writing, and core plus courses. Core plus courses give advanced students (Levels 7-9) the opportunity to study English language skills through application courses such as American Culture, Debate, Morphology, American and Local History, TOEFL and IELTS Preparation, and Literary Analysis.

Nine Levels of Instruction:

Beginning - Levels 1, 2, and 3

When you complete Level 3, you will be able to:

Communicate effectively in everyday situations

Utilize simple social and academic conversations with native speakers of English

Convey written and verbal information for social and academic purposes

Read a variety of materials appropriate for beginning levels

Intermediate - Levels 4, 5, and 6

When you complete Level 6, you will be able to:

Express yourself, orally and in writing, with ease and few errors on a full range of subjects

Correctly use the most common with grammatical structures

Read and identify technical and academic material in a familiar field

Write clearly while applying basic and intermediate English structures and vocabulary

Identify common phrases found in everyday communication

Advanced - Levels 7, 8, and 9

When you complete Level 9, you will be able to:

Discuss and understand information found in academic resources

Participate in conversations and panel discussions on social and academic topics

Write academic papers at a university level

Discuss and debate published materials, such as technical papers, novels, and professional journals

Please note: Levels may be combined at times depending on student enrollment and placement.

Core Plus Courses

At advanced levels, you can focus your English study by attending core plus courses. You can work on areas that interest you or practice skills that your advisor recommends before you attend the university. Please note: Not all core plus courses are offered every session or at every center, but here is a selection of the offerings: